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The summary Jon Lester pitched three scoreless innings against the Dodgers and the Cubs played error-free ball for a 4-3 victory, their first in eight spring games. At the plate Mike Baxter's two-run single gave the Cubs the early lead and they scored the go-ahead run on Adron Chambers' sacrifice fly in the eighth. On the mound Phil Coke made his Cubs debut, pitching one scoreless inning. Drake Britton got the victory. In the field Albert Almora made a running catch at the wall in center field. Key number 9. Kyle Schwarber and Baxter have combined for nine of the Cubs' 32 RBIs. The quote "It's easy to second-guess your fundamentals when things...

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The summary
Jon Lester pitched three scoreless innings against the Dodgers and the Cubs played error-free ball for a 4-3 victory, their first in eight spring games.
At the plate
Mike Baxter's two-run single gave the Cubs the early lead and they...

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We looked at how the death of Tony Gwynn...

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